NTSB investigations, 1981
180,630 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,609 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.
Cases, newest first
Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1981 ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1981 ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB NYC81FA027Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · North Castle, NYNTSB NYC81FA026Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-44 · Batavia, NYNTSB MIA81FKT28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Miami, FLNTSB MIA81FA047Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Vero Beach, FLNTSB LAX81FA048Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 182M · Truckee, CANTSB LAX81DXQ11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Reno, NVNTSB FTW81FRG19Accident · No injuriesClosedBarnes F-7 · Austin, TXNTSB CHI81FA029Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-31T · Waterford Twp, MINTSB ATL81FKJ15Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Mobile, GANTSB ATL81FKG09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182L · Statesboro, GANTSB MKC81FCG22Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Eudora, KSNTSB MKC81FA020Accident · 2 fatalClosedGrum-Amer AA-5 · Thayer, MONTSB LAX81FUJ35Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBobcat 1 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX81FJA06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Kona Village, HINTSB LAX81DVA24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing A75 · Hughson, CANTSB FTW81FA036Accident · 1 fatalClosedLuscombe 8A · Bixby, OKNTSB FTW81DPA08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Addison, TXNTSB FTW81DA037Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 150M · Corrigan, TXNTSB FTW81DA035Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech E18S · Lubbock, TXNTSB CHI81FA028Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28R · Fort Wayne, INNTSB CHI81FA027Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Loganspopt, INNTSB CHI81FA026Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Waupun, WINTSB ATL81FA048Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172P · Woodbury, TNNTSB ANC81DAG28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180E · Chugiak, AKNTSB MIA81FLD25Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 58 · Clearwater, FLNTSB MIA81FKA04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-34 · Coamo, PRNTSB MIA81DLD24Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Silver Springs, FLNTSB LAX81FA047Accident · 1 fatalClosedMooney M20J · Roll, AZNTSB FTW81FRA17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech A35 · La Porte, TXNTSB FTW81DQG13Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23-19 · Amarillo, TXNTSB DEN81FTC09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Moran Juction, WYNTSB DEN81FA019Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 182RG · Grand Forks, NDNTSB DCA81AA010Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 737 · Santa Ana, CANTSB CHI81FEC15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Warren, ILNTSB SEA81FYE17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna TU206G · Everett, WANTSB NYC81FNA11Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-5B · Taunton, MANTSB MIA81FA046Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-32R · El Duque, PRNTSB ANC81DAG26Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 180H · Sparrevohn, AKNTSB NYC81FGM11Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 11AC · Elizabeth, PANTSB LAX81FVM12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T210M · Santa Cruz, CANTSB FTW81DPD12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31P · Denton, TXNTSB DEN81FTE21Accident · Serious injuriesClosedScorpion 133 · Ft. Collins, CONTSB CHI81DER18Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Kelliher, MNNTSB ATL81FKW11Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Woodbury, TNNTSB ATL81FKG07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 195B · Columbus, GANTSB ATL81FIG07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech B24R · Frederick, MDNTSB ATL81FID11Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Chesapeake, VANTSB ATL81DKJ11Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Alabaster, ALNTSB LAX81FVD11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Oakland, CANTSB LAX81DUG13Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Salton Sea, CA